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The mark that Steve Jobs left on the industry is a deep one, indeed. But aside from regular product announcements, we didn't see all that much of the Apple founder. Jobs's appearances at the All Things Digital conference certainly do a little to remedy the late-executive's notoriously private nature, and now you can watch them all from the comfort of your own Apple-branded media player. All Things D has released Jobs's six lengthy interviews in video and audio format via iTunes.

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Attention Apple lovers: here's your chance to get your hands on an original piece of company history, but the past has proven that you better have a lot of extra cash lying around. Sotheby's auction house is offering a working Apple I computer, which is the original design that was built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak back in 1976 -- by hand. It's expected to fetch between $140,000 - 180,000, and those dollars buy you a mobo, cassette interface and the original BASIC manual to get you programming partying like it's 1979. This isn't the first Apple I to hit the auction block, but with only 200 of the things in existence, the winning bidder will join the upper echelon of Apple enthusiasts. So, if you've got cash to burn and fancy yourself the ultimate fanboy, head on down to the source link for the full details.

[Thanks, Deepa]

Apple I up for auction: buy a bit of Apple history for the bulk of your net worth originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You don't have to look far to get a grasp on who Aaron Sorkin is -- he wrote A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network, for starters -- and he showed up at D10 to talk creative media, how the digital age impacts his writing and his impending movie about late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. While not involving hard technology news, the interview was exceedingly refreshing, and it delved deep into the world of tech as it impacts his upcoming show about a fictional newsroom (The Newsroom on HBO). The highlights included a frank quote that whoever ends up playing Jobs in his movie -- not to be confused with the one already in production with Ashton Kutcher -- will have to be "good, and intelligent." He also confessed to being fully engaged in the "three screens" movement, but wasn't too prideful to admit that he taps into the brain of his 11-year old daughter for lots of technological help. Pretty wild for a guy that many would label "genius." For more from the interview, head on past the break.

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Aaron Sorkin talks about future Steve Jobs movie, impact of technology on his writing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 15:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's epic storytelling time at AllThingsD 10 as audience Q&A has begun, with Apple CEO Tim Cook opening up on why he came to join the company in the first place in response to a question from Lance Ulanoff of Mashable. To hear him tell it, an executive search firm came calling and he wasn't pressed -- until five minutes into his meeting with Steve Jobs. We'll let him tell it:

It was a very interesting meeting. Steve had hired an executive search firm to find someone to run operations. They kept calling, and eventually I said 'Okay, I'll talk.' I flew out Friday on a redeye for a Saturday morning meeting with Steve. The honest-to-God truth, five minutes into the conversation I wanted to join Apple. I was shocked. Why did I want to do it? He painted a story and a strategy that he was taking Apple deep into consumer when I knew others were doing the exact opposite. I never thought following the herd was brilliant. He told me a bit about what would late be named the iMac, and I saw brilliance in that. I saw someone unaffected with money, and that has always impressed me when people do indeed have it. Those three things to me to throw caution to the wind and do it. I went back, and resigned immediately.

Did I see the iPad and iPhone? No. What I saw was this: Apple was the only technology company that I knew of, including the one I was currently at, that when a customer got mad at a company, they'd continue to buy. If people got mad at Compaq, they'd buy Dell. If you were mad at Dell, you'd buy IBM. But an Apple customer was a unique breed; there's this emotion that you just don't see in technology in general. You could see it and feel it at Apple. When I looked at the balance sheet of the company, I thought I could do something in turning around a great American company.

Whether you call it the reality distortion field or simply a strong brand attachment, it was enough, along with Steve Jobs' vision, to lure Tim Cook to work at Apple even when things weren't going so well back in 1998. Can he keep the shield generators running as CEO? Time will tell.

Tim Cook joined Apple because even 'when customers got mad at Apple, they'd continue to buy' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 May 2012 22:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're going to warn you up front: what you're about to see is eccentric, puzzling, and perhaps even disturbing. And undoubtedly, it's the fanboy film to end all fanboy films. According to Network World, who managed to get ahold of an internal 'rally the troops' video, the referenced clip was produced with a $50,000 budget and shown to an international sales force at a 1984 meeting in Hawaii. The film, entitled "1944," was purportedly provided by one-time Apple employee Craig Elliott, now CEO of Pertino Networks. The vintage footage shows then-CEO Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the nine minute film drags on to show Apple-clad soldiers lining up to do battle with IBM -- a massive, massive rival in the space during that era. The full watch can be found in the source link below (embedding was disabled), and again, this will absolutely freak you out. Fair warning.

Bizarre internal Apple video shows Steve Jobs rallying the troops against IBM originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 May 2012 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adadvertisingappleCraig ElliottCraigElliottibmmacmicrosoftpertinoPertino NetworksPertinoNetworksretrosteve jobsSteveJobsvideovintageWed, 02 May 2012 15:55:00 EST<![CDATA[Steve Jobs approached Leslie Moonves about streaming service, CBS exec says]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/steve-jobs-approached-leslie-moonves-about-streaming-service/http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/steve-jobs-approached-leslie-moonves-about-streaming-service/http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/steve-jobs-approached-leslie-moonves-about-streaming-service/#commentsLeslie MoonvesAt this point, it'd be more of a shock if Apple wasn't working on a streaming media service. Still, we're surprised to hear that Steve Jobs was personally involved in trying to corral support from the entertainment industry. CBS CEO Leslie Moonves revealed during a talk at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium that he has spoken with the Apple founder directly about providing content to subscription-based video service, but declined the invitation. Moonves was concerned about how signing on to such a service would impact existing revenue streams, including those from competing properties like Hulu. The CEO allegedly told Jobs at one point, "You know more than me about 99 percent of things but I know more about the television business."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applecbsleslie moonvesLeslieMoonvesrumorsteve jobsSteveJobsstreamingstreaming tvStreamingTvMon, 12 Mar 2012 08:28:00 EST<![CDATA[Stanford archives provide rare glimpse into Apple's early days as mere seedling (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/stanford-archives-provide-rare-glimpse-into-apples-early-days/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/stanford-archives-provide-rare-glimpse-into-apples-early-days/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/stanford-archives-provide-rare-glimpse-into-apples-early-days/#comments Housed in a climate controlled storage facility operated by Stanford University, nearly 600 feet of shelf space is dedicated to preserve documents, videos and memorabilia of Apple and its early days as a young startup. The collection holds rare gems such as interviews with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, both of whom discuss some of the rationale behind Apple's name -- Jobs asserts that it was selected to place his company ahead of Atari in the phone book. Originally intended to furnish Apple's corporate museum, the materials were donated to Stanford in 1997 after Steve Jobs' return to the company, which was most concerned with financial survival at the time. According to the university, more than 20 significant collections have been added to the archives in the subsequent years.

The warehouse holds blueprints of the Apple I, user manuals, magazine ads, TV commercials and T-shirts, along with thousands of photographs that document Steve Jobs during his years as CEO of NeXT. Other rarities include a $5,000 loan document -- signed by the two Steve's and the partnership's third co-founder, Ron Wayne -- a spoof of Ghostbusters that starred former CEO John Sculley and other company leaders, who played "Blue Busters" to eliminate IBM, and handwritten sales entries of the very first Apple II's. While the location of the facility is undisclosed, we can only hope that, some day, the collection will be showcased for fanboys, fangirls and the public alike.

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Stanford archives provide rare glimpse into Apple's early days as mere seedling (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's pretty difficult to argue that both Apple's iPod and -- to an even greater extent -- its contentious iTunes software haven't had a massive impact on the music industry. The Recording Academy has decided to recognize this, naming the former CEO and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for a Trustees Award for "outstanding contributions to the industry in a non-performing capacity." It will be the second Grammy to celebrate Apple's contributions to the music industry -- its work in recording netted it a Technical Grammy exactly ten years ago.

Steve Jobs awarded posthumous Grammy for 'significant contributions to music' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleawardgrammyGrammysjobsmusicsteve jobsSteveJobstrustees awardTrusteesAwardThu, 22 Dec 2011 18:02:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple acquired NeXT 15 years ago, Jean-Louis Gassée still dreaming of what could've been]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/apple-acquired-next-15-years-ago-jean-louis-gassee-still-dreami/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/apple-acquired-next-15-years-ago-jean-louis-gassee-still-dreami/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/apple-acquired-next-15-years-ago-jean-louis-gassee-still-dreami/#commentsIt might be hard to picture now, but back in the mid-nineties, the threat of bankruptcy was very real for a company headquartered in Cupertino. That would all change with the purchase of NeXT on December 20, 1996 -- a move that gave the fledgling computer maker a modern OS, but more importantly brought one of its founders, Steve Jobs, back into the fold. The rest is history, as Jobs eventually secured the helm, forming a team that would go on to birth products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. But hardware innovation aside, ultimately that comeback wouldn't have been possible without OS X -- an OS which arose directly out of the ashes of NextStep. Sure, there was the occasional misstep along the way -- G4 Cube and hockey-puck mouse be damned -- but frankly we can't think of any turnaround as epic, nor relevant. Can you?

Apple acquired NeXT 15 years ago, Jean-Louis Gassée still dreaming of what could've been originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>anniversaryapplecomebackMac OSmacintoshMacOsnextnextstepoperating systemoperating systemsOperatingSystemOperatingSystemsOS XOsXsteve jobsSteveJobsTue, 20 Dec 2011 21:03:00 EST<![CDATA[Two days in the desert with Apple's lost founder, Ron Wayne]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/two-days-in-the-desert-with-apples-lost-founder-ron-wayne/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/two-days-in-the-desert-with-apples-lost-founder-ron-wayne/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/two-days-in-the-desert-with-apples-lost-founder-ron-wayne/#comments "I have to ask you something," Ron Wayne begins, as we stand to leave his office, signaling the close of our day-long conversation. He takes a slightly dramatic pause, adding, "compared to other people, is my life really that interesting?" This isn't modesty; it's earnestness. Wayne is genuinely curious about what makes his 77 years on earth so fascinating to have warranted my traveling across the country in order to spend a few days in his presence. I answer, honestly, that it's his time with Apple that has made him such a figure of interest. "Oh," he responds. "So it's my brushes with famous people. I'm a footnote in someone else's story."

Thirty-five years ago, Ronald G. Wayne helped co-found the Apple Computer Company with two men 20 years his junior, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak -- names that have since become synonymous with the personal computer revolution of the early 80s. For Wayne, however, it was a gig that lasted all of a dozen days, abruptly ending when he marched down to the Santa Clara County Registry Office to have himself stricken from the contract he'd authored. His is a name that pops up every few years or so, shrouded in mystery, the "forgotten" or "unknown" founder of one of the world's most successful companies - and perhaps more infamously, the man who once owned 10 percent of its stock, only to walk away from it all a mere $2,300 richer.

Gallery: Pahrump, NV

Pahrump, NV

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Two days in the desert with Apple's lost founder, Ron Wayne originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple iAppleIexclusivenevadapahrumpron wayneronald wayneRonaldWayneRonWaynesteve jobssteve wozniakSteveJobsSteveWozniakvideoMon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early documents (eyes-on)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/co-founder-ron-waynes-stash-of-early-apple-documents-eyes-on/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/co-founder-ron-waynes-stash-of-early-apple-documents-eyes-on/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/co-founder-ron-waynes-stash-of-early-apple-documents-eyes-on/#comments About a week ago, we traveled to the desert to spend two days with Ron Wayne. The 77-year-old Pahrump, Nevada resident has had a number of careers in his long life, working for Atari, a few slot machine companies, developing devices for use on the ocean floor and running a collectables shop in Northern California. In his semi-retired state, Wayne sells stamps and coins to supplement his checks from the government. He's no doubt best known, however, for his role in the founding of the Apple Computer company, alongside Steves Jobs and Wozniak, a role at which he spent a little more than a week.

During our time in Pahrump, Wayne was kind enough to let us comb over a number of papers from his days with the nascent computer company. The documents, stashed in a USPS mailer kept by the door of his office, were a veritable treasure trove of information, including pages of pages of plans and pencils drawings of an Apple I enclosure Jobs asked Wayne to build -- his creation was ultimately rejected by Apple and lost to history as the company gained steam.

Also stored in the envelope were a facsimile of the contract signed by Wayne, Woz and Jobs, which recently sold on auction for more than $1 million -- in fact, it was Wayne's original copy that hit the auction block. He had parted ways with it for far, far less some time ago. Wayne's Statement of Withdrawal is in the pile as well -- the document effectively ended his term with the company, filed for a $5 fee. Also inside are an Apple I operation manual, with the company's original logo, designed by Wayne himself and an Apple II order form. Check out all of the above in the gallery below.

Gallery: Co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early Apple documents, eyes-on

Co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early Apple documents, eyes-on

Apple co-founder Ron Wayne's stash of early documents (eyes-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Zeitgeist goes live, reminds the world of Rebecca Black's existence originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Over two weeks ago, the internets were abuzz with talk of the Apple's founding documents hitting the auction block. Word was, they'd rake in a sizable $150,000 on the high-end, but it appears even Sotheby's underestimated their value. The three pieces of paper in question, signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, Apple's short-lived third founder, fetched a whopping $1.6 million dollars today. The documents originally belonged to Mr. Wayne, who reportedly received just $2,300 after relinquishing his stocks and agreeing to forfeit claims against the big Apple. According to Bloomberg, Sotheby's identified the winning bidder as Eduardo Cisneros, CEO of the Cisneros Corp.

Apple's founding documents pull in $1.6 million at auction originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, your OG iPhone may look like a relic from Apple's past, but for a true bite of old skool memorabilia you may want to consider bidding on the company's original founding documents signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The three-page treasure, which established the Apple Computer Company way back in 1976 won't come cheap, though, as they're expected to go for a cool $100,000 to $150,000. Besides the starting papers, Sotheby's New York is throwing in Ronald Wayne's Statement of Withdrawal as part of the package, a document that gives up his ten percent stake in the biz -- what some may call a $2.6 billion dollar mistake. Check out the source for more auction details.

Apple's founding documents go up for auction, estimated to bring in $150k originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Image courtesy MacRumors]

Visualized: Steve Jobs and his patents, as showcased by the USPTO originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Say hello to the iShred, snowboarders' tribute to Steve Jobs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applebusinessceoconnected tvConnectedTvfour screenFourScreengoogle tvGoogleTvhdpostminihdtvhoward stringerHowardStringersonysteve jobsSteveJobstabletFri, 11 Nov 2011 01:05:00 EST<![CDATA[CBS boss reveals why the company is 'against joining Apple TV' (or Hulu)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/cbs-boss-reveals-why-the-company-was-against-joining-apple-tv/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/cbs-boss-reveals-why-the-company-was-against-joining-apple-tv/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/cbs-boss-reveals-why-the-company-was-against-joining-apple-tv/#commentsThere's been a fresh round of "Apple is building a TV" rumors lately, and now comments by CBS CEO Les Moonves during his company's earnings call may reveal more about what Cupertino would like to do. Many of the rumors are based on quotes by Steve Jobs in his biography that he "cracked" a way to make an integrated TV set that was easier to use -- a major jump from the current Apple TV add-on box. While responding to analyst questions about why CBS isn't on Hulu, Moonves mentioned the network did not join in "Apple TV" for the same reason: because it (like Hulu) was an advertiser split.

As we've discussed at length on the podcast, any efforts to remake how the TV business works won't get far without content, and so far CBS and its fellow studios have not been interested in playing ball. Why is that? According to Moonves, current deals (with cable and satellite, for example) are worth "hundreds and hundreds of millions" in guaranteed cash payments, and rather than seeking a share of advertising down the road, he thinks a "guaranteed revenue stream is a good way to go." Hit the source link to read the full transcript at Seeking Alpha or check after the break to read his words for yourself. It's a revealing look at why the potential task left to Tim Cook (or his counterparts at Google, Microsoft, and wherever else) of negotiating a new business model for home video may be even harder to crack than designing the perfect UI.

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Sure, we may have had our official Halloween costume contest on October's Engadget Show, but who are we to deprive you the reader of taking part in the spooky holiday fun? We've asked everyone to send in their geeky costumes and got some great responses, from the above playable Game Boy, to Barf from Spaceballs, to the requisite Vulcan, to a handful of Steve Jobses. Check out some of our favorites after the break, and continue to send them along to tips [at] engadget [dot] com.

Gallery: Engadget readers' Halloween costumes

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Are you ready for this? We're back for a very special Halloween episode of The Engadget Show, live tonight at 6PM ET, and you can join us at this very URL -- so keep your browser locked to this spot.

This time out, we've got a very special Halloween episode, including a walk through of a high-tech haunted house, a trip to New York Comic Con, an in-studio costume contest and the unveiling of the winners of our Frankengadget competition. We'll also be visiting with Intel's resident futurist, paying tribute to Steve Jobs and taking a look at the month's hottest gadgets.

Update: Thanks everyone for joining us. We'll have the full show up soon!

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Walter Isaacson's new book on late Apple CEO Steve Jobs has yet to be released, but the Huffington Post recently obtained an advanced copy of the authorized biography, and highlighted some of its most salient revelations. Throughout the course of the 656-page book, Isaacson provides fascinating and often intimate insight into Jobs' life and times, including details on his childhood, his Bob Dylan-drenched iPod and, perhaps most notably, his curious philosophy on apps. Strange as it may seem, Jobs was initially opposed to the very concept of an app-based environment, for fear that his company may not be up to the task. According to Isaacson, Apple board member Art Levinson called the CEO "half a dozen times to lobby for the potential of the apps," but Jobs was initially reluctant. "Jobs at first quashed the discussion," Isaacson writes, "partly because he felt his team did not have the bandwidth to figure out all the complexities that would be involved in policing third-party app developers." Needless to say, Jobs and his team eventually figured it out. Walter Isaacson's book, "Steve Jobs," will be released on October 24th, but you can pre-order it from Amazon, at the link below.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapplicationappsauthorized biographyAuthorizedBiographybiographybookbusinessCEOcupertinoiDeviceitunesmobilepostcrosssteve jobssteve jobs bookSteveJobsSteveJobsBookwalter isaacsonWalterIsaacsonFri, 21 Oct 2011 07:37:00 EST<![CDATA[Visualized: Apple's celebration of Steve Jobs' life in Cupertino (Update: video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/visualized-apples-celebration-of-steve-jobs-life-in-cupertino/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/visualized-apples-celebration-of-steve-jobs-life-in-cupertino/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/visualized-apples-celebration-of-steve-jobs-life-in-cupertino/#comments The state of California made October 16th "Steve Jobs Day," and on October 19th, the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak celebrated his life on campus in Cupertino. The photo here, provided by Apple, shows CEO Tim Cook addressing throngs of people who came to the memorial.

Update: Apple has updated their homepage with a video of the event. See the source link (3) below.

Visualized: Apple's celebration of Steve Jobs' life in Cupertino (Update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steve Jobs was the man most often associated with Apple, but another Steve played a big part in the formation of the company, and Mr. Wozniak has some kind words about his friend and former business partner. Well said, Woz.

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As news has of the passing of Steve Jobs spread tonight, people have started showing up at Apple's stores to pay tribute to its co-founder and former leader. We stopped by the 5th Avenue, NYC store and found this scene with many gathering to pay tribute through their thoughts, words and pictures. Outside there's signs and flowers, downstairs the store is packed. Apple headquarters featured a bouquet covered bench, adorned with homemade signs, and an iPad. In downtown San Francisco, people lit candles and placed post-in notes on the Apple store's windows. The images we've captured are in the galleries below, if you have something to share of your own then contact us via our tips form so we can include it here.

Gallery: RIP Steve Jobs, Apple Store 5th Ave., NYC

RIP Steve Jobs, Apple Store 5th Ave., NYC

Gallery: RIP Steve Jobs, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino CA


Gallery: RIP Steve Jobs, Apple Store, San Francisco, CA


Gallery: RIP Steve Jobs, Your photos


Gallery: Remembering Steve Jobs: 10.06.2011 at Apple Store Ginza, Japan


Sean Buckley, Darren Murph, Zach Honig and Myriam Joire contributed to this report.

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I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back

-- Steve Jobs, 1985

That's a quote from a Playboy interview Steve Jobs gave back in 1985. February of 1985, to be specific, right before Steve would be ousted from the company that he co-founded with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Apple of course famously grew out of a garage, the brains of Woz, the drive of Jobs building the company over the next nine years into a powerhouse in the burgeoning home computer market.

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Update: All Things D has posted a memo sent out by Tim Cook to Apple employees stating that there will be an internal celebration to honor Steve's life soon. Those words can be found after the break, along with statements from Apple's Board of Directors, his family, and Bill Gates.

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Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Daestro - Light Powered (Ghostly International)

00:02:23 - Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple
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00:25:27 - iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October?
00:27:27 - App logs reportedly confirm dual mode CDMA / GSM iPhone 5 in testing
00:41:15 - Apple to release cheaper, 8GB iPhone 4 within weeks?
00:49:58 - Samsung Galaxy S II not coming to Verizon after all? (update: confirmed)
00:53:25 - Sprint's Epic Touch 4G may be first US-bound Galaxy S II, arriving September 9th?
00:55:39 - Trio of US Samsung Galaxy S II models get together for a group photo?
01:04:05 - Samsung debuts new Galaxy lineup, refines naming strategy along the way
01:11:46 - Nokia announces Symbian Belle alongside three new devices
01:21:28 - Microsoft: Windows Phone Tango will be minor update, is meant for low-end handsets
01:25:35 - Microsoft: front facing cameras, Skype integration coming with Mango update (video)
01:26:05 - HTC Omega blessed with renders, revealing its front-facing camera
01:31:15 - Blackberry Curve 9360 hands-on






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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>annaapplebelleblackberrygalaxy s iiGalaxySIimangomicrosoftmobilepostmininokiapodcastpodcastssamsungsteve jobsSteveJobssymbian belleSymbianBelletangowindows phonewindows phone 7windows phone mangoWindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhoneMangoSat, 27 Aug 2011 19:19:00 ESTEngadget Mobile Podcast 101Myriam Joire, Brad Molen01:41:18podcasts<![CDATA[Apple's new CEO Tim Cook addresses employees in staff letter]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/apples-new-ceo-tim-cook-addresses-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/apples-new-ceo-tim-cook-addresses-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/apples-new-ceo-tim-cook-addresses-employees/#comments With less than 24 hours under his belt as the new CEO of Apple, Tim Cook has sent a letter to the company's staff this morning, thanking his predecessor, and predicting bright things for Apple's future. The note reads, in part,

I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.

Read the full text of the letter after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleceocooexecutiveletterstaffsteve jobsSteveJobstim cookTimCookThu, 25 Aug 2011 10:33:00 EST<![CDATA[Steve Jobs' Apple: a timeline]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-apple-a-timeline/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-apple-a-timeline/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-apple-a-timeline/#comments Let there be no question: ours would be a very different industry, were it not for Steve Jobs. Few, if any individuals have had so profound an effect on their given spaces; a unprecedented track record that began in 1976 with the co-founding of Apple. In earliest incarnation, the company would prove the driving force of the personal computer explosion of the early '80s, beginning with the Apple II -- one of the industry's first hugely popular microcomputers. The Macintosh shook things up yet again, a launch celebrated by the debut of the "1984" ad during that year's Superbowl. That line helped break both the graphical user interface and the mouse to a massive audience.

Soon after, Jobs would resign, going on to form NeXT. The company never managed sales figures anywhere near the previous endeavor, but its products would prove highly influential, forming, among other things, the basis of Apple's paradigm-shifting OS X operating system. While Steve Jobs was focused on NeXT and The Graphic Group -- the company that would later morph into the far more familiar Pixar -- Apple suffered a series of defeats.

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Steve himself published the following letter:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Apple has confirmed that Jobs will stay on as Chairman. Full details in the PR after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleboardboard of directorsBoardOfDirectorsbreaking newsceoresignresignationsteve jobsSteveJobstim cookTimCookWed, 24 Aug 2011 18:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Getting to know you: Comex, the boy behind iOS' JailbreakMe]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/getting-to-know-you-comex-the-boy-behind-ios-jailbreakme/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/getting-to-know-you-comex-the-boy-behind-ios-jailbreakme/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/getting-to-know-you-comex-the-boy-behind-ios-jailbreakme/#comments See that kid above? That's Nicholas Allegra. He's the hackdom Harry Potter to Apple's Ye-Who-Shall-Not-Jailbreak-Our-Wares, and Forbes managed to sniff him out for a little bold-faced exposé. The 19-year old hero of the iOS community, better known as Comex, got his self-taught start with Visual Basic when he was still in single digits. After graduating through a venerable online forum education, the precocious coding lad set his smarts to homebrew Wii development, and the rest is JailbreakMe history. The self-described Apple fanboy admits his background is atyipcal of the cybersecurity industry, but with a former National Security Agency analyst praising his work as years ahead of his time, we don't think he should worry. For all the trouble his code has caused Cupertino, Allegra's not trying to be the embedded thorn in Jobs' side. Rather, the iPhone hacker claims "it's just about the challenge" and plans to keep on keeping ol' Steve on his billion dollar toes.

Getting to know you: Comex, the boy behind iOS' JailbreakMe originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple patent application takes the hard keys out of the keyboard, promises a flat surface solution originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>acoustic pulse recognitionAcousticPulseRecognitionAppleCupertinofilingflat surface keyboardFlatSurfaceKeyboardhaptic feedbackHapticFeedbackiMackeyboardkeyboardsmacbook airmacbook proMacbookAirMacbookProOS X LionOsXLionpatent applicationpatent applicationsPatentApplicationPatentApplicationspiezoelectricpiezoelectricsSteve JobsSteveJobsvirtual keyboardVirtualKeyboardMon, 25 Jul 2011 22:05:00 EST<![CDATA[Steve Jobs impersonator officiates mock keynote, hawks Taiwanese tea (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/steve-jobs-impersonator-officiates-mock-keynote-hawks-taiwanese/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/steve-jobs-impersonator-officiates-mock-keynote-hawks-taiwanese/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/steve-jobs-impersonator-officiates-mock-keynote-hawks-taiwanese/#comments Well, there's clearly no better way to legitimize any new product than to have a faux Steve Jobs hawking it on-stage, in front of dozens of applauding mock journalists, with a 20-foot iPad 2 projected behind. The Jobs / John Stamos hybrid dropped by to pitch a Taiwanese company's vast selection of tea, of all things, for a TV advertisement that's apparently currently airing in Taiwan. Decked out in light jeans, a black mock turtleneck and sneakers, the impersonator even matched Steve's hair color, rimless glasses, and current weight. The only thing missing was an actual Apple product -- and months of media speculation. The "keynote" even ended with "one more thing," as they often do: Tea drinkers will have a shot at winning a bonafide iPad 2 with each purchase of oolong, milk, or Apple-infused Tong Yi Cha.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleapple ipad 2AppleIpad2commercialipad 2Ipad2John StamosJohnStamoskeynotesteve jobsSteveJobstaiwantaiwaneseteatelevisiontvvideoMon, 11 Jul 2011 04:27:00 EST<![CDATA[iOS 5 imposes minor feature limitations on iPhone 3GS, 3G owners still bitter]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/09/ios-5-imposes-minor-feature-limitations-on-iphone-3gs-3g-owners/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/09/ios-5-imposes-minor-feature-limitations-on-iphone-3gs-3g-owners/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/09/ios-5-imposes-minor-feature-limitations-on-iphone-3gs-3g-owners/#comments The unveiling of iOS 5 at this year's WWDC keynote brought a wonderful feast of features, but it left us wondering if the iPhone 3GS would be updated with a few cards short of a full deck -- the same way the 3G was treated last year. Reports are starting to flow in from folks who've tested it, so let's get the bad news out of the way first: yes, some features are being withheld from the 3GS. The good news? They're much more minor than we feared. So far, it appears that full Twitter integration and notifications are included; the newsstand and App Store are also intact, as well as the Safari reading list and grid lines in the camera. The only things we see missing so far are the photo editing features in the camera and the tab bar in Safari. So breathe a deep and well-deserved sigh of relief, fans, because your iPhone 3GS isn't obsolete -- at least, not yet. The full walkthrough of iOS 5 on the 3GS is right after the break.

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iOS 5 imposes minor feature limitations on iPhone 3GS, 3G owners still bitter originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As an aside, it's fascinating (and yes, troubling) to observe Gilbert Wong, Mayor of Cupertino, guffaw at Steve's "jokes" like a smitten schoolgirl, going so far as to fawn over his own iPad 2 in front of the assembly. For his part, Jobs seems to bite his tongue during several exchanges particularly when one city council member tries to extort free WiFi from Apple in an apparent quid pro quo. Click through to see what we mean.

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Continue reading Steve Jobs reveals Apple's new spaceship campus, calls it the 'best office building in the world' (video)

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Continue reading WWDC 2011 liveblog: Steve Jobs talks iOS 5, OS X Lion, iCloud and more!

WWDC 2011 liveblog: Steve Jobs talks iOS 5, OS X Lion, iCloud and more! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In the lead-up to this year's WWDC, we so far know three things for sure: Apple will unveil OS X Lion, iCloud, and... automatic, over-the-air app updates for iOS 5, apparently. While searching for updates in iTunes, a MacRumors reader stumbled upon this page, which alludes to an "Automatic Download" feature that allows for wireless syncing. Also, the fact that Apple went out of its way to say "...if your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps" makes us wonder what else we'll soon be able to update over the air. The company has since pulled the tattletale page in iTunes, but MacRumors grabbed a screenshot while it was still live. Looks like the cat's out of the bag, but we'll let you know when Jobs & Co. make it official on Monday.

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Bookmark that and return at the times listed below, and if your neck of the woods ain't listed, shout it out in comments. Oh, and any predictions? Anything somewhat sane is welcome below.

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Steve Jobs talks iCloud, iOS 5, OS X Lion and more at WWDC, liveblog starts at 10AM PT on June 6th! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mossberg, meanwhile, seemed to blindside Narayen when he brought up Flash's poor performance on Android devices. "I have yet to test a single one where Flash tests really well," the columnist claimed. "I'm sorry, but it's true." Narayen sputtered a bit, before pointing to the BlackBerry PlayBook as an example of the progress that Flash has made. When Mossberg reminded him that the PlayBook doesn't run on Android, the CEO not-so-subtly sidestepped the question by emptily declaring that Adobe's mission is simply to provide people with the best tools to create content. Apparently satisfied with this non-answer, Mossberg changed the subject back to Apple, allowing Narayen to wax poetic about their new Pax Romana -- and, perhaps, to breathe a sigh of relief. See the full interview after the break.

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